Meanings
alternative Aşgabat · alternative Ashkabad · alternative Ashkhabad · alternative Ashqabat
- The capital and largest city of Turkmenistan.
- metonymicallyThe Turkmenistan government.
Origin
- Classical Persianعِشْقآبَاد
- TurkmenAşgabat
- EnglishAshgabat
Borrowed from Turkmen Aşgabat, from Classical Persian عِشْقآبَاد (išq-ābād, literally “city of love”), compound of عِشْق (išq, “love”) + آبَاد (ābād, “city”). Alternatively, some historians believe that the city was originally named after Ashk/Arshk, the founder of the Arsacid Dynasty, and hold that the term عِشْق (išq) was a reinterpretation influenced by folk etymology.
More words from Turkmen, Classical Persian
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Arabic عَشْق آبَاد
- عَشْق آبَاد (ʕašq ʔābād)the capital of Turkmenistan
Bengali আশখাবাদ
- আশখাবাদ (aśkhabad)the capital of Turkmenistan
Bulgarian Ашхаба́д
- Ашхаба́д (Ašhabád)the capital of Turkmenistan
Catalan Aşgabat
- Aşgabatthe capital of Turkmenistan
Chinese Cantonese 阿什哈巴德
- 阿什哈巴德 (aa³ sap⁶ haa¹ baa¹ dak¹)the capital of Turkmenistan
Chinese Mandarin 阿什哈巴德, 阿什哈巴特
- 阿什哈巴德 (Āshíhābādé)the capital of Turkmenistan
- 阿什哈巴特 (Āshíhābātè)the capital of Turkmenistan
Czech Ašchabad
- Ašchabadthe capital of Turkmenistan
Danish Asjkahabad, Asjkhabad
- Asjkahabadthe capital of Turkmenistan
- Asjkhabadthe capital of Turkmenistan
Dutch Asjchabad
- Asjchabadthe capital of Turkmenistan
Esperanto Aŝgabato
- Aŝgabatothe capital of Turkmenistan
Estonian Aşgabat, Ashabad
- Aşgabatthe capital of Turkmenistan
- Ashabadthe capital of Turkmenistan
Finnish Ašgabat
- Ašgabatthe capital of Turkmenistan
French Achgabat
- Achgabatthe capital of Turkmenistan
German Aschgabat, Aşgabat
- Aschgabatthe capital of Turkmenistan
- Aşgabatthe capital of Turkmenistan
- Aschchabatthe capital of Turkmenistan
Greek Ασγκαμπάτ
- Ασγκαμπάτ (Asgkampát)the capital of Turkmenistan
Hebrew אשגבאט
- אשגבאט ('ashgabat)the capital of Turkmenistan
Hindi अश्क़ाबाद
- अश्क़ाबाद (aśqābād)the capital of Turkmenistan
Icelandic Asgabat
- Asgabatthe capital of Turkmenistan
Indonesian Ashgabat
- Ashgabatthe capital of Turkmenistan
Irish Ashgabat
- Ashgabatthe capital of Turkmenistan
Italian Aşgabat
- Aşgabatthe capital of Turkmenistan
Japanese アシガバート
- アシガバート (Ashigabāto)the capital of Turkmenistan
Korean 아스하바트
- 아스하바트 (Aseuhabateu)the capital of Turkmenistan
Latvian Ašgabata
- Ašgabatathe capital of Turkmenistan
Lithuanian Ašchabadas
- Ašchabadasthe capital of Turkmenistan
Malay Ashgabat
- Ashgabatthe capital of Turkmenistan
Norwegian Bokmål Asjkhabad
- Asjkhabadthe capital of Turkmenistan
Polish Aszchabad
- Aszchabadthe capital of Turkmenistan
Portuguese Ashgabat
- Ashgabatthe capital of Turkmenistan
Punjabi ਅਸ਼ਗਬੱਤ, ਅਸ਼ਗਾਬਾਤ
- ਅਸ਼ਗਬੱਤ (Aśagabata)the capital of Turkmenistan
- ਅਸ਼ਗਾਬਾਤ (aśagābāt)the capital of Turkmenistan
Romanian Așgabat
- Așgabatthe capital of Turkmenistan
Russian Ашхаба́д, Ашгаба́т
- Ашхаба́д (Ašxabád)the capital of Turkmenistan
- Ашгаба́т (Ašgabát)the capital of Turkmenistan
- Полтора́цк (Poltoráck)the capital of Turkmenistan
- Асхаба́д (Asxabád)the capital of Turkmenistan
Slovak Ašchabad
- Ašchabadthe capital of Turkmenistan
Spanish Asjabad
- Asjabadthe capital of Turkmenistan
Swedish Asjchabad
- Asjchabadthe capital of Turkmenistan
Tamil அசுகாபாத்
- அசுகாபாத் (acukāpāt)the capital of Turkmenistan
Thai อาชกาบัต
- อาชกาบัต (àach-gaa-bàt)the capital of Turkmenistan
Turkish Aşkabat
- Aşkabatthe capital of Turkmenistan
Ukrainian Ашгаба́т, Ашхаба́д
- Ашгаба́т (Ašhabát)the capital of Turkmenistan
- Ашхаба́д (Ašxabád)the capital of Turkmenistan
Urdu اشک آباد
- اشک آباد (aśk ābād)the capital of Turkmenistan
Vietnamese A-sơ-ga-bát
- A-sơ-ga-bátthe capital of Turkmenistan
Yiddish אַשגאַבאַט
- אַשגאַבאַט (ashgabat)the capital of Turkmenistan
Cite this entry
Ashgabat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ashgabat
“Ashgabat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ashgabat. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ashgabat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ashgabat.
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